24-Hour motor activity after treatment with imipramine or fluvoxamine in major depressive disorder

Embodiment of Sadness and Depression—Gait Patterns Associated With Dysphoric Mood

“…We cannot rule out these possibilities because statistical control of potential covariates were not feasible (24). However, it should be noted that previous studies have found no effect of antidepressant medication on gait parameters (11) or small changes that were in the direction of the neverdepressed gait pattern reported in our study (i.e., increased gait speed, increased motor activity) (12,27). However, one should be cautious in generalizing the current findings to unmedicated depressive individuals.…”

Activity monitoring in patients with depression: A systematic review

“…Following data extraction 8 papers were excluded: 3 for having no interpretable data (Iverson, 2004;Ueda et al, 2005;Wolff, III et al, 1985), two conference abstracts with insufficient data (Deoras et al, 2010;Kelly et al, 2009), two for inappropriate comparisons (Lemke et al, 1998;Mendlowicz et al, 1999) and one as an exploratory study of non-linear dynamic measures of variability (Hauge et al, 2011). This left 19 papers from 16 studies suitable for detailed comparison Baune et al 2007;Berle et al, 2010;Coffield and Tryon, 2004;Faurholt-Jepsen et al, 2012;Foster et al, 1978;Glod et al 1992;Godfrey and Knight, 1984;Haynes et al, 2006;Joffe et al, 2009;Korszun et al, 2002;Raoux, 1994;Royant-Parola et al, 1986;Teicher et al, 1997;Todder et al, 2006;Todder et al, 2007;Volkers et al, 2002;Volkers et al, 2003;Winkler et al, …”

Psychomotor retardation is linked to frontal alpha asymmetry in major depression

“…Hand-motor tasks have been used to assess the impact of psychopharmacological treatment on motor function in depression (Hegerl et al, 2005;Mergl et al, 2007), while longitudinal changes in spontaneous motor behavior have been proven useful to monitor treatment outcomes. In the latter context, the use of wrist actigraphy allows continuous recording of various parameters of motor activity in naturalistic settings (Stanley, 2003;Todder et al, 2009;Volkers et al, 2002;Walther et al, 2012bWalther et al, , 2009aWalther et al, , 2009bWalther et al, , 2009c, yielding quantitative measures of the clinical phenomenon under scrutiny. In fact, objectively assessed motor behavior in patients with major depression seems to differ from the observations in clinical interviews, leading to only partial overlap of observer ratings as in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD21; Hamilton, 1960) and actigraphy recordings (Razavi et al, 2011).…”